Margaux · vintage 2018
The 2018 vintage in Margaux
Vintage benchmark: 95/100 (appellation benchmark, not a score for this wine)
Vintage character: After a spring marked by mildew, the heat concentrated a small crop: rich, ripe wines with great depth of material.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Margaux. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2018 vintage
- 73 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 26 % Merlot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2018 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Figures from the 2018 sheet
- 40 hl/haYield
- 35 yrsVine age
Winemaking
Cuvier inox. Cuves de 12 hl à 120 hl pour optimiser la sélection parcellaire. Fermentations : températures de 26 à 28°C ; 2 à 3 remontages par jour.
Fermentation malolactique : en barriques et en cuves.
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Ageing
12 mois en barriques dont 50% de barriques neuves. Chêne français. Soutirage traditionnel à la canne. Collage au blanc d’oeuf.
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Terroir
Graves profondes et sables graveleux. Aire de production Margaux, zone Natura 2000.
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An offer on Château Rauzan-Gassies 2018
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
Texts and documents 2018
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Visuals
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